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Eastern Book Company sues Amazon, Flipkart etc. for selling counterfeit/unauthorized copies of its books; Delhi Court directs Police to file an action taken report

Tis Hazari Court, Delhi: In a case relating to the unauthorized printing/binding/manufacturing/storing/advertising for sale and selling of counterfeit books published by EBC,

Case Briefs High Courts

Madhya Pradesh High Court | ‘Violation of individual privacy’; Request for DNA test denied in property dispute

Madhya Pradesh High Court: G.S. Ahluwalia, J. dismissed a petition which was filed against the order passed by Twelfth Civil

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court upholds Trial Court ruling in application filed under O. XIII A CPC for default in payment of rent by tenant due to COVID

Delhi High Court: In a case where the Trial Court directed the tenants ‘appellants herein' to pay the defaults in

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Entertainment City Ltd an ‘affiliate’ of United Group; NCLAT grants Moratorium Benefits

National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi: The Bench of Ashok Kumar Bhushan, J., Chairperson, M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J., Judicial

Legislation Updates Notifications

SEBI issues circular extending the timeline for Nomination/ Opting out for Mutual Fund Unit Holders

On 29-07-2022, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (‘SEBI') has extended the timeline for Nomination for Mutual Fund (‘MF')

Case Briefs High Courts

Allahabad High Court | Section 3 (2) (v) of SC and ST Act, 1989 only attracts by way of documentary evidence to prove that the injured belongs to SC or ST; Conviction and sentence, modified

Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Kaushal Jayendra Thaker and Ajai Tyagi, JJ. while deciding an appeal which was

Case Briefs High Courts

Kerala High Court| Diplomatic officers empowered to apostille affidavits and do notarial acts; Indo-Canadian couple allowed to get married “online”

Kerala High Court: In a case where an Indian man and a Canadian woman were unable to marry due to

Case Briefs High Courts

When does a Will becomes a suspicious document? Madhya Pradesh High Court answers

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Dwarka Dhish Bansal, J., while dismissing a second appeal held that in presence of prior execution

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Whether the delay in filing complaints against unregistered sub-brokers, can be condoned? SEBI Special Court answers

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Special Court, Maharashtra: In the instant case dealing with unregistered brokerage, Vishal Sadashivrao

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NCLAT| Right to payment cannot be accrued when a corporate guarantee is not invoked before CIRP initiation

National Company Law Appellant Tribunal, New Delhi: The Bench of Ashok Bhushan, J., Chairperson, and Shreesha Merla, Technical Member, while

Case Briefs High Courts

‘S.I.R cannot be generated at the drop of a hat’; Karnataka High Court quashes corruption proceedings initiated by ACB under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

Karnataka High Court: M Nagaprasanna, J. quashed the proceedings initiated against a public servant working as an Executive Engineer in

Know thy Judge

Explorer of the Legal Multiverse – Justice A.M. Khanwilkar retires

†by Sucheta Sarkar

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court directs State Government to include photographs of PM and President in print/electronic media for International Chess Olympiad

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of Munishwar Nath Bhandari, CJ and S. Ananthi, J. directed the State Government to

Case Briefs High Courts

Jharkhand High Court| Date of application or Date of death – From when is the monetary compensation on account of death of an employee to be paid?

Jharkhand High Court: S.N. Pathak, J., allowed the writ petition directing Central Coalfields Limited (‘CCL') to modify the monetary compensation

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court directs State Police to alter FIR and add Ss. 417 and 420 IPC on alleged concealment of impotency by husband pre-marriage

Madras High Court: V Sivagnanam J. directed the State police to add the offences under Sections 417 and 420 Penal

Legislation Updates Rules & Regulations

SEBI inserts definition of Social Impact Fund vide SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2022

On 25-07-2022, the Securities Exchange Board of India(‘SEBI') has issued SEBI (Alternative Investment Funds) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2022 to amend

Case Briefs High Courts

Punjab and Haryana High Court | Co-owners of the joint property cannot prevent each other from using the property; appeal dismissed

Punjab and Haryana High Court: Alka Sarin, J., while dismissing the appeal preferred by the plaintiff against the judgments passed

Case Briefs High Courts

Rajasthan High Court |Alleged illegal termination from Kotak Mahindra Bank pending for relief due to vacancy of competent authority; State appoints Deputy Labour Commissioner

Rajasthan High Court: In a case of an illegal termination of a Manager of Kotak Mahindra Bank being pending for

Case Briefs High Courts

Whether S. 5 Limitation Act, 1963 apply to appeals under S. 18 of POSH Act, 2013? Delhi High Court answers

Delhi High Court: C Hari Shankar, J. opined that Section 5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 will apply in respect

Case Briefs High Courts

Madhya Pradesh High Court | Major District Road (MDR) not subjected to 300 metres guidelines, since it is not a National or a State Highway; NOC for petrol pump granted

Madhya Pradesh High Court: Vivek Agarwal, J. allowed the request of the petitioner granting NOC to establish a petrol retail outlet and